Brother of Abel
The crossword clue "Brother of Abel" is answered by CAIN, a 4-letter entry. Used 18 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CAIN
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CAIN answer page.
Used 18 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for CAIN
Every other clue in this collection answered by CAIN, most used first.
- Abel's brother - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- First son - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Biblical brother - used 17 times, most recently in 2021
- "Double Indemnity" author - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
- First murderer - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
- Genesis son - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
- Son of Adam - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Eve's eldest - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- First born? - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Genesis brother - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Raise ___ - used 10 times, most recently in 2003
- Third person - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Abel's killer - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Adam's eldest - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- "Am I my brother's keeper?" speaker - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Something to raise - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
- First child - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- First felon - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
- Abel's assassin - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Dean of "Lois & Clark" - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Firstborn son - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Son of Eve - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- The bad brother - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Cain's brother - ABEL, used 144 times
- Jacob's brother - ESAU, used 143 times
- Brother of Cain - ABEL, used 102 times
- Biblical brother - ABEL, used 67 times
- Genesis brother - ABEL, used 64 times
- Biblical brother - ESAU, used 39 times
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